1789
New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
1945
Twenty-two former Nazi officials went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
1947
Britain’s future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey.
1967
The U.S. Census Bureau’s Population Clock at the Commerce Department ticked past 200 million.
1985
The first version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, Windows 1.0, was officially released.
1998
Forty-six states embraced a $206 billion settlement with cigarette makers over health costs for treating sick smokers.
2003
Michael Jackson was booked on suspicion of child molestation in Santa Barbara. (Jackson was later acquitted at trial.)
Birthdays
Actor Estelle Parsons is 95. Comedian Dick Smothers is 83. President Joe Biden is 80. Singer Joe Walsh is 75. Actor Bo Derek is 66. Actor Ming-Na is 59. Actor Joel McHale is 51. Olympic gold medal gymnast Dominique Dawes is 46. Actor Jeremy Jordan is 38. Actor Cody Linley is 33.